Borchardt C-93 (Löewe), (7,65x25 mm Borchardt) - Hardwork (just presenting)

Type: Semiautomatic pistol
Produced: 1893-1902
Caliber: 7,65x25 mm Borchardt
Action: Short blowback, toogle bolt
Trigger: Single action
Safety: Thumb lever (vertical slider)
Magazine: 8 round
Sights: Rear, fixed, V notch; Front, fixed, blade shape
Grooves: 4 grooves, right-hand twist
Barrel length: 7.7" (195 mm)
Overall length: 14" (355 mm)
Muzzle energy: 319 ft-lb (435 J)
Muzzle velocity: 1,300 ft/s (400 m/s)

The Borchardt C93 is a semi-automatic pistol designed in 1893, and based upon the Maxim gun's toggle bolt model. It used a toggle lock system, which meant that when the gun fired, a two-piece arm rose and flexed as the gun recoiled, thus allowing the breech to unlock and release the empty cartridge case.
Borchardt developed the high-velocity, bottlenecked 7,65×25 mm Borchardt cartridge for the C93. His assistant at the time, Georg Luger (1849-1923), also claimed to have influenced its design. Some test models were made in 7,65×21 mm Parabellum (.30 Luger) and 9×18 mm Borchardt, an experimental bottlenecked cartridge developed in 1902.
Machine tool manufacturer Ludwig Loewe & Company of Berlin, Germany, produced the C93 in anticipation of military orders. With about 1,100 manufactured by Loewe (like the one on video) and nearly 2,000 more produced by Deutsche Waffen und Munitionsfabriken of Karlsruhe (DWM).
The Borchardt Pistol was originally marketed by the Loewe firm but soon after the weapon was placed on the market, that company absorbed the Deutsche Metallpatronenfabrik of Karlsruhe, forming a company thereafter known as the DWM (January 1, 1897). After that date all weapons were manufactured at the DWM plant in Berlin, and only ammunition was made at the Karlsruhe subsidiary.
The US Army also tested the Borchardt, for the Chief of Ordnance ordered a board of officers to meet at Springfield Armory on October 20, 1897 “to make a thorough test of, and report upon, a Borchardt Automatic Pistol Carbine”. This test was not pursued further so it may be assumed that the pistol did not meet with the complete approval of the officers on the board.
The Borchardt C93 was the first success mass-produced semi-automatic self-loading pistol.
Designed by Hugo Borchardt (1844-1924).

Credits:
Author's knowledge;
SHIDELER, Dan - Greatest Guns of Gun Digest. Iola, Wisconsin: F+,W Media Inc., 2010. ISBN 978-1-4402-1414-1;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borchar...

Manual Löewe (English):
https://bit.ly/30l7JSF

Only for whom who wants to see other weapons:
https://bit.ly/3oOqcPp

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